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THE cumulative remuneration of lawmakers at the national level is arguably the most shielded secret of Nigeria's democratic trajectory since May 29, 1999. Interestingly, there are quite a few lawmakers in both the Senate and House of Representatives today who started the journey in 1999 and who apparently don't feel any iota of guilt that their earnings, both official and otherwise, have never been subjected to public scrutiny. Yet, these persons insist that other arms of government must carry out the business of governance as transparently as possible. They insist the discourse must take place at the village square where accountability, dignity and openness must be the watchwords. Conversely, the National Assembly leadership and its bureaucracy have always gone mute whenever questions are asked about the thick fog of secrecy hanging over its financial dealings. Those that should know often wax into sophistry and emotive outburst each time the matter is raised, wandering why the people should focus on an arm of government that draws less than three per cent of the budget compared to the Executive that draws a large chunk. Well, the seeming tendentious excuse above has lasted the test of time.
In a recent interview, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, reignited the discourse when he dismissed allegations of an over-pampered, overpaid and underworked law-making body as hogwash. For him, the billions of naira (between N150bn and N115bn) the National Assembly appropriates for itself yearly go into diverse subheads that it is manifestly difficult for the lawmakers to roll in the kind of luxury lives that we, the commoners, ascribe to them. Dogara would go on to challenge Nigerians to direct their attention to the executive both at the federal and state levels as budgets for capital projects and other developmental items reside solely with them. He was also quick to point out that without granting an effective political autonomy to the local government areas, Nigeria would continue to swim in the valley of perpetual under-development.
However, Dogara, like his counterpart in the Senate, Bukola Saraki, made a promise that the National Assembly would soon open up its books for the public if only to assure the doubters among them that no one is feasting on our collective patrimony while the majority languish in penury. That was one message of assurance that many had doubted would ever happen, knowing that Saraki's vow to avail the public of the Legislative budgetary details has lasted more than one-and-a-half years without any glimmer of hope. Now, for some inexplicable reason, the NASS seems to be thrusting the discourse in the public space. Maybe the time has come for the nation to unmask the veil of secrecy beclouding legislative salaries and emolument with the personality clash brewing between Dogara and the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai. It is interesting that a simple call by el-Rufai on the NASS management to do more in correcting the perception of corrosive, under-the-table financial dealings by lawmakers would draw the ire of the Speaker at a retreat in Kaduna.
Suspecting that el-Rufai's admonition could be part of a grand design to ridicule the Legislature especially at a time when the integrity of that arm of government is being called to question, Dogara insisted that the governor should set the ball rolling by making public his earnings including his security votes and funds allocated to the local government councils in the state. Since the matter at stake here is the need to be transparently forthright to the general public, Dogara challenged el-Rufai to hold aloft that candle of responsible and responsive governance, noting that the leadership has directed the 'bureaucracy' to publish the budget of NASS beginning with that of 2017. He said: "I will like to challenge him (el-Rufai) to champion this cause for transparency in the budgetary process from the National Assembly to other arms of government. The judiciary first.
We want to see clearly how chief executives of states are paid. What do they spend monthly as security votes? In addition, if they can publish what happens to local government funds under their jurisdictions; that would help our discussions going forward." Moving forward, el-Rufai, who has never been shy of taking up such challenges in the past, has been swift in publishing the details required by Dogara. In some way, we mow not know what should be the average take home pay of state chief executives. Going by el- Rufai's record, the salary, after all deductions, is just a paltry N480,000 while the approved security vote for 2017 is N4.6bn which he says would be spent on the procurement of some critical security equipment and accessories. He also disclosed that, unlike the practice in some states, the allocations to the 23 LGAs are published online on www.openkaduna.com.ng.
Reiterating his earlier statement that the billions of naira in first line appropriations for the NASS lacked transparency and, in the main, bigger than the entire capital budget of the close to 10 million people in Kaduna State, el-Rufai said it was incumbent on the NASS to attach subheads to its budget and itemize the allocations to give a semblance of authenticity to the questionable appropriation which was also criminally silent on the "salaries and allowances of its leadership." Let's face it, the National Assembly has a not-so-impressive image and laundering such would require more than the hollow pontification by its leadership. Just last year, precisely in January 2016, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, again, drew the attention of the world to the embarrassing greed being perpetuated in the hallowed chambers under the pretext of the principles of separation of powers and independence of the Legislature.
He questioned the rationale behind the financial perfidy and errant abuse of privilege by members. In the open letter to the leaderships of both chambers, Obasanjo did not mince words, labeling the lawmakers as a bunch of unpatriotic, selfish and uncommitted persons who lack the true meaning of service to nationhood. That is not all. He couched the feelings of millions of Nigerians in these biting words: "The beginning of good governance which is the responsibility of all arms and all the tiers of government is openness and transparency. It does not matter what else we try to do, as long as one arm of government shrouds its financial administration and management in opaqueness and practices rife with corruption, only very little, if anything at all, can be achieved. It must not be seen and said that those who, as leaders, call for sacrifice from the citizenry are living in obscene opulence. It will not only be insensitive but callously so.
It would seem that it is becoming a culture that election into the legislative arm of government at the national level in particular is a licence for financial misconduct and that should not be. The National Assembly now has a unique opportunity of presenting a new image of itself. It will help to strengthen, deepen, widen and sustain our democracy. By different disingenuous ways and devices, the legislature had overturned the recommendation of the Commission and hiked up for themselves that which they are unwilling to spell out in detail, though they would want to defend it by force of arm if necessary. What is that?" Well, for all Obasanjo's rants against an arm of government he engaged in endless war throughout his eight-year tenure, all he got back in response was a trite riposte which fingered him as "the grandfather of corruption." That was it Mr. Obasanjo! No more, no less. That grave allegation was simply wished away as if it was just another bad dream. Unfortunately, the matter just won't go away.
El-Rufai's disclosure has rekindled the debate regardless of what some see as the gaping gap between what governors officially earn in accordance with the recommendations of the RMFAC and the humongous wealth of these persons few months after getting into power. Almost two years after the NASS leadership promised to unveil the hidden truth, not one single document has emerged to justify how those who thrive on padding budgets in recycled billions; extorting millions from Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the name of oversight functions and cornering huge funds under the subhead of constituency projects allocate hundreds of billions they get yearly as direct line charge. These guys who live in unbelievable opulence and splendour had never been hesitant in clobbering any of their colleagues that dare reveal what they do to run away with blind larceny. If in doubt, ask suspended Abdulmumin Jibrin. Dogara says a directive for the publication of a yet-to-be-approved 2017 budget of the National Assembly.
That would be commendable if we ever cross that bridge. It is also good that he has replied el-Rufai in like manner by publishing his pay slip which, to my mind, shows little. That is not enough. If the lawmakers truly want to toe the path of "honour, distinguish-ness, sensitivity and responsibility" as Obasanjo demands, they would have to come off their high horses and summon the courage to publish their recurrent budgets between 2000 to date. That, I believe, shouldn't be rocket science for an institution with a perfect bookkeeping strategy. Would they do this to permanently silence the likes of Nasir el-Rufai or would they sit comfortably with what Obasanjo called an act of law breaking and impunity which detract from "distinguish-ness and honourability?" Will our lawmakers ever stop playing the ostrich each time they are asked to reveal what they earn legitimately? How soon would el-Rufai get a feedback on the need to publish details of its leadership's salaries and allowances including a breakdown of the yearly appropriation? Would it be as soon as another 18 years of finger-pointing and sabrerattling?


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For the past three years, The Drum has been honoring women in the UK and around the world through its 50 under 30 series. The US version of this award focuses on the achievement of women in creatively-led roles.
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SAN FRANCISCO — An amateur porn video filmed on the BART subway system in San Francisco went viral on Thursday, attracting 1.1 million views or roughly five times the number of people who ride the train each day.
The one-minute video shows a man and a woman having sex in the back of a BART train while it travels through a tunnel. The woman casually straddles her partner while a third party films the scene with what appears to be a cellphone.
The partially disrobed performers laugh and shrug at the end of the video, looking towards the camera. There is no visible nudity or display of genitals in the clip.
"Lewd activity is not only highly inappropriate on BART, it is illegal," BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said. "It can and will get you banned from the entire system. Do yourself and the families who ride BART a favor and keep it in the bedroom."
Trost is referring to a new state antidecency law that gives the agency the power to ban riders convicted of a multitude of infractions for using the trains for a year.
Since BART began enforcing the law two months ago, 32 prohibition orders have been issued, for reasons ranging from public urination to drug dealing to indecent exposure.
BART spokeswoman Luna Salaver said the agency is reviewing the video and will be looking for the truant offenders. She echoed Trost's statement that lewd activity will not be tolerated on the BART and can result in a one-year suspension from the subway system.
Last month a man recorded a naked gymnastics routine inside a BART train, similarly attracting buzz online. The man was reportedly found and later arrested.
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I mentioned my friend Rachael in my last post. She and I met in 2006 when I entered the MTC in October to begin my training as a Missionary with Additional Assignment in Welfare. My companion was Hermana Pacini (aka Patch) and her comp was Hermana Wallin. We were trained all together for a whole week in welfare and how to teach welfare principles like food storage, basic reading and writing, gardening, budgeting, employment and more. After that first week we were separated for the rest of our training as she, Patch, and Wallin went to Beginning Spanish and I went to Intermediate. 9 weeks later we flew down to Ecuador together. She was serving in Guayaquil as a mission nurse and Patch, Wallin and I were assigned to Quito. A mishap with our tickets sent us to Guayaquil with her instead of to Quito. Her mission president, President Ridd, was a little shocked to get 6 missionaries instead of 2, but quickly bought us tickets back to Quito where our poor mission president, President Lara, was waiting for us.
Back 2001, when I was a sophomore at BYU, I enrolled in ceramics class to get back into playing with clay. After taking it for all 4 years in High School, I was missing it. My first day in class I met a neat lady named Leah. Her husband taught at BYU so she was able to take classes for free. She had a newborn baby at home and managed to squeeze the ceramics class in between caring for the newborn and her other children. She was sooo cool. I loved sitting by her and chatting as we worked on our projects. She was so friendly and down-to-earth; we became quick friends.
I mention these people because they exemplify a constant in my life: Heavenly Father never leaves us alone. When I flew home from our week long visit to Utah last October I was flying alone with my two children for the first time. On the way out to Utah we had Mom Reynolds to take Leah, but on the way back to Texas, a 3+ hour flight, I was on my own. We said our prayers that everything would go smoothly. I was a little nervous, but figured all in all, it's just 3 hours of my life. We would make it.
I sat down and got the kids settled down as other passengers filled in the seats around us. Because this was Delta we had assigned seating. As 2 ladies settled into their seats directly across the aisle from me, I did a double take. I blurted out, "Leah?!" and the younger lady looked at me. "Wait. Ceramics class. Sarah?" "Yeah!" It was my friend Leah who I hadn't seen since the semester ended 12 years before. Sitting next to me on a plane full of strangers flying to Houston. It was no coincidence. Heavenly Father knew I needed help and he sent an old friend my way. Leah and her mother took Seannie for part of the flight so I could take care of Leah when she needed me. They even helped me unload and walked with me all the way to the baggage claim and settled me in with my husband. Brad has become accustomed to my seemingly endless supply of friends and took it all in calmly. He was very relieved to know that the flight was painless and quite calm thanks to my friends. It was a joyful way to spend a flight, with the helping hand of a friend and catching up with someone I cared about. While I named my daughter after my father's mother, my friend Leah's influence in my life was another factor in choosing that name. It carries happy memories for me.
Many times I have seen those around me answer the prayers of my heart. They have offered aid, consolation and advice. There have been times when I was able to be an instrument in God's hands for these same purposes.
The first Sunday in March was a little hectic for my little family. Leah was sick with an ear infection so I stayed home with the kids while Brad went to church. We originally planned that he would come home after Sacrament meeting so I could attend a later Sacrament in our building. However, the Young Men president was ill and asked Brad to cover for him during their meetings. By the time Brad got home I only had time to attend the sacrament meeting of the singles branch in a nearby building. I knew a couple of the people, but sat in the back row, ready to duck out when the meeting finished.
As it was Fast Sunday, the members of the congregation shared their testimonies if they so desired. About halfway through the meeting as another person headed up, I suddenly recognized who it was. Rachael! I grinned at her when she spotted me in the crowd. She faltered mid-sentence then smiled and finished her sentence, "I know... Heavenly Father answers prayers." After the meeting was over we found each other and after a big hug she explained that this was her first Sunday in Texas. She had moved there from California that week to start work at a hospital nearby and didn't know a soul. That morning Rachael prayed to Heavenly Father that she would find a friend. And she did! What I had thought of as stumbling blocks earlier that day suddenly turned into blessings. My daughter's ear infection, our sick YM President, having to attend a singles branch (did I mention that was awkward?) all led to finding my friend. We had her over for dinner that evening and she has come over at least once a week since. Turns out, she's been the answer to a few of my prayers too. She's a great friend to me, terrific playmate with the kids, and helps motivate me in my goals.
After this encounter with Rachael, Brad urged me to write about the friends I find in odd places. I do tend to find friends everywhere we go and I feel that it's Heavenly Father reminding me, quietly and often, that He doesn't leave us alone. If we choose to withdraw, that's our choice to be alone, but if we step outside our comfort zone and look, we will find our friends, old and new, wherever we go.


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Aronofsky's Clawful Problem
This is either really promising or really depressing.
After X-Men Origins: Wolverine took in nearly $400 million worldwide against a $150 production budget, further entries in the (now decade-old!) series were pretty much a foregone conclusion, critical consensus be damned. While we already know that Matthew Vaughn and Bryan Singer have recently returned to the X-fold with the currently-lensing prequel X-Men: First Class, Deadline broke the news yesterday that director Darren Aronofsky, who's mostly made his bones on the art-film circuit with Pi and Requiem for a Dream, and who directed Mickey Rourke to an Oscar nom in The Wrestler, is in early talks to helm the second installment in Hugh Jackman's solo superhero franchise.
Jackman, you may recall, worked with Aronofsky on his mostly-unseen, highly-underrated The Fountain a few years back, so I'd expect this is an instance of the Wolverine producer-star calling in a favor, which, under any other circumstances would be good news. Aronofsky is a unique director with a specific vision who could potentially do here what Chris Nolan has been able to do with Batman (a franchise which, coincidentally, Aronofsky was at one point attached to reboot in the interregnum between Batman & Robin in '97 and Batman Begins in '05). But this is the X-Men, and last time I checked they were still housed at Fox, the meat-grinder where once-great franchises go to die.
Let's not forget that Origins director Gavin Hood also arrived with an armload of critical hossanahs, but that wasn't enough to overcome the dreaded Rothman effect. Maybe it's because I'm still mourning Aronofosky's long-gestating RoboCop reboot at MGM, but I have to wonder why he'd jump into the sixth installment of a series where his creative vision would likely be subservient to the studio's interests. The last two cinematic X-Men at-bats were like your house burning down followed immediately by a hobo taking a dump on the ashes, and an Aronofosky Wolverine, with all the promise that implies, seems akin to plopping a potted plant on the rubble and saying everything is good as new. Lots of upside for Fox, not as much for Aronofosky.
But hey, I'm ready to be proven wrong about this franchise's future prospects, and maybe after First Class next summer I will be. Let's see what happens.
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"Are you sure you want to walk with me? -this is the most dangerous part" said Anat Hoffman, chair of Women of the Wall as she and I walked alone together to the Western Wall exits. "Why?" I asked. "Because I'm a woman wearing a tallit, and we are at the Kotel."
I looked at the tallit that Anat was wearing, and it was the very same tallit that she wore a month ago in Westfield, New Jersey when she spoke to my congregation about her struggle for equality in Israel. At that gathering, she spoke passionately about Women of the Wall, the group of extraordinary women of all denominations who gather monthly at the Women's section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem to pray with tallit, tefillin, and a Torah scroll. Anat has been arrested several times, for it is considered a "provocation" for a woman to wear a tallit or read from the Torah at the Western Wall, which is under the rigid control of the ultra-Orthodox. I promised Anat that I would join her at the next prayer service.
So it was that yesterday morning I was standing at the edge of the Women's section in support of the Women of the Wall, who were conducting a lovely and highly spiritual worship service. I was standing next to a small group of like-minded men, all there in support of women determined to exercise their right to worship in freedom. Unfortunately, we few men were surrounded by dozens of ultra-Orthodox, men and boys, screaming epithets in Hebrew and English at the women as they prayed. "Reform are worse than Arabs!" "Reform go home!" "Get out of our Holy Land!" "You are not Jews!" are some of the milder things I heard. Ultra-Orthodox women and men blew whistles and shouted curses. At one point, a young man who came to pray wrapped in a tallit was taunted so harshly he left in tears. A few of us, having had enough, began to confront the protestors, but a male representative of Women of the Wall present amongst us gently asked that we refrain from causing a disturbance. Even when one of the younger ultra-Orthodox Jews tore up a Women of the Wall prayerbook, this gentle man simply took the pieces of the book and asked the stupidly grinning boy to leave.
The service ended as the Women of the Wall sang Hatikvah, which I could barely hear as the protestors screamed and blew whistles. Many of the women were spat upon as they left.
Saying goodbye to Anat and leaving the Western Wall, I spotted two of the most nastily vocal ultra-Orthodox Jews outside the walls of the Old City. I came right up to them and said in Hebrew; "Why do you act with such causeless hatred towards fellow Jews"? They stared sullenly and looked away. As I walked, they shouted at my back, "Go home, American, you don't belong here". I stopped, came right back to them and said "Again, why do you act with causeless hatred? And by the way, I belong here as much as you do." They walked away without speaking.
The bravery and spirit of these women, determined to pray and sing in the face of such hate, is an inspiration and represents the best of what Judaism can be.


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The high court ruled March 31 that residential care providers could not sue Medicaid for higher payments to mitigate rising costs for covered services. Idaho providers in 2009 unsuccessfully sued their state to do just that. Meanwhile, one health care attorney downplayed the ruling because Medicaid managed care programs are becoming so prevalent. The American Medical Association and the Federation of American Hospitals have both expressed disappointment with the decision.
William A. Dombi, vice president for law at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, told Bloomberg News services the ruling "severely limits" remedies providers can pursue when escalating costs become prohibitive, adding, "the halls of federal courts are filled with disappointed litigants trying to battle payment rates."
The news service also noted that provider groups are growing concerned that the decision could lead to doctors instituting quotas or stopping accepting Medicaid patients altogether.


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Almost two years ago I wrote a post on Bastien Gonzales pedicures at the One & Only Cape Town . I reread is this morning. And I'll post if for you, in case you want to read it as well. And perhaps you should because when I read it I was quite pleased with myself. I liked what I wrote. And believe me after the week I've had in which I panicked, obsessed and hated myself for struggling so much with a piece of writing, I need a little reassurance. And there it was, a funny light-hearted recommendation. Clever me.
(What I wrote two years ago)
So why, you may ask, would I now write about something I'd written about before? Because it was a gift? Partly. But not necessarily. It's because it's a wonderful treat/ treatment and a really good deal. Last year I bruised my credit card by taking out a Bastien mani /pedi package, consisting of three glorious sessions. Which was terribly lavish / 'hey big spender-ish' of me considering that I'm a freelancer with an irregular income but the thrill of languishing at the One & Only Spa was just too tempting. I like the place. I like the place so very much... So imagine my delight when I saw that Bastien Studio at the One & Only are running a special at the moment. And the best of it is that while your feet and hands are being pampered, you get to eat chocolate. As much as you like. And while you're not going to make a piglet of yourself, there is a delicious decadence to scoffing chocolate while in a spa. But the really good news is that this is not only an Easter Bunny Special. While the man or woman in your life may well like this more than yet another Easter egg (and let's face it we all much prefer the cheap marshmallow one that we nick from the kids, anyway), this is a much more luxurious gift, if you can't afford Fabergé. This promotion runs till the end of May. And you really shouldn't miss it. And if you're spoiling yourself or someone else, do try the Bastien Le Baume Sensitive Feet Balm. Silky soft and non-greasy and works like a charm on horrible heels. You'll never want to use good old Eulactol ever again.
So herewith the details:
Pedi:Mani:Cure Studio by Bastien Gonzales
Reservations: Tel: 021 4315810
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Chocoholic Delight Special offer: The special runs until 31 May 2013 and offers a Pedicure for R750 (instead of R945) and a Manicure for R450 (instead of R525). This includes having your limbs massaged with fabulous cocoa-fragranced and Vitamin E enriched paraffin wax. And eating as many delicious chocolates as you can decently manage.


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The CitizMap project will be developing a visualisation application to alleviate difficulties with the presentation of statistical data and analyse data efficiently, and this application will be available to the public.
There has been increasing demand over the past few years for
statistics relating to social, demographic and economic data of
cities with a view to monitoring and analysing labour, welfare,
income, environmental and other trends. This is particularly true
for Tallinn, with its strong economic position. Several other big
cities share this need for improved information services. The main
problem is this regard is that the city of Tallinn has been
incapable of presenting statistics in a coherent manner.
In CitizMap, a project funded by Vinnova 2011-2013, HUMlab,
Tallinn City, Regio Ltd. (a private mapping and IT company) and the
Social Science Research Institute at the University of Iceland will
be developing a visualisation application that will alleviate
difficulties with the presentation of statistical data and analyse
data efficiently, and this application will be available to the
The application developed will be an innovative statistical data
collection and presentation system and address the needs of
different users, and its functionality and design will be
user-friendly. The data involved includes general statistical data
and geographic information such as traditional quantitative and
qualitative data relating to population, households, economy, the
labour market, the environment, etc. Geographic information may
include terrain and land use information as well as information on
traffic and transport. It will also include data relating to
services, such as the number of schools, hospitals, nurseries,
swimming pools and so forth. All this data can be combined with
territorial aspects: for instance, the system can show the number
of children in a certain school within a given district. Data
relating to free places at these schools can also be integrated,
and so this system is of practical value to citizens looking for
suitable schools in the areas in which they live.
CitizMap has three target user groups: the general public
(students, citizens, the media), informed users (research
institutes, NGOs) and expert users (research institutes, NGOs,
government agencies). The information available will be tailored to
each of the three groups.
Contact person at HUMlab: Fredrik Palm - email@example.com


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Car top carrier is supportive material for car, which is used for carrying heavy load while driving. For those who loved to go camping, hunting or going far places, often need extra space to carrier their heavy items. Moreover, some certain hobbies are acquiring heavy, widely or long tool to carry, which might not be enough to put inside the car baggage. In this case, people often use car roof to put their tools. Even so, placing item immediately on the car roof might cause to some scars on the car surface. Therefore, top carrier is invented for people with certain needs. There are many variant of top carrier, which is based on its material or size.
Most of car used car top carrierare SUV and MPV – typically big car. It is because big car had wide space to place items on it roof. In addition, big car is considered to be strong enough to support more heavy items. Even so, top carrier can still be installed on the small car, but the car owner should mind several things before installing it on small car.
Firstly, the size of car top carrier should fit perfectly to the size of the small car's roof. Do not force to install the bigger top carrier which won't fit to the roof size. It can cause damage during driving like items stored inside top carrier are falling, and it damage to the vehicle behind your car. Secondly, choose the light material of top carrier for the small car. It is because mostly small car are not strong enough like the biggest car. In addition, after installing the top carrier, do not store items with the height more than 80-100 cm with the wide more than the roof surface wide. Make sure that the items stored on it have tightly attached with strong knot and doesn't loosing while driving on 80km/h speed.
For more information regarding Best Car Rooftop you can visit http://www.cargocarrierbox.com/best-rooftop-cargo-carrier-luggage-rack-reviews/


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California WaterFix: The Delta Tunnels
Commission Activity on the Proposal
- The Commission's request to the US Army Corps of Engineers for an extension of the comment deadline on their California WaterFix permit request and asking for public hearings in the Delta was denied. The response and the Commission's reply are available here.
- On October 30, 2015, the Commission submitted a comment letter on the California WaterFix Draft Environmental Impact Report and the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. The comments received during this public comment period have been posted on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website.
- The Delta Protection Commission submitted a comment letter on November 9, 2015 to the US Army Corps of Engineers urging the Corps to defer consideration of the California WaterFix permit request.
- April 17, 2017 comment letter to the Delta Stewardship Council in regards to the Notice of Preparation for the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Delta Plan Amendments.
Previous Commission Actions
- Delta Protection Commission issued a comment letter on July 24, 2014, reviewing the Bay Delta Conservation Plan proposal for consistency with its Land Use and Resource Management Plan for the Delta. See the letter and associated table.
- Photo Simulations of Tunnel Conveyance Proposal Impacts. In May of 2014, the Commission released photo simulations of the impact that the proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan may have on the communities of Clarksburg and Hood. For detailed photo simulations, see the animation on YouTube or see the first, second and third layouts. (NOTE: These are very large files, download times may vary)
- DWR's Response to Photo Simulations. In response to the photo simulations released in May 2014, the Department of Water Resources developed their own presentation. See it here.
- The Commission considered proposed comments on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and EIR/EIS at its regular meeting on May 22, 2014. See the agenda with related documents, including proposed comments.
- Commission staff conducted a public workshop on April 28, 2014 to hear the concerns of Delta residents about the BDCP and EIR/EIS. See the report.
- At its May 23, 2013 meeting, the Commission voted to oppose the Bay Delta Conservation Plan as currently proposed. See the May 30, 2013 letter here.
- At its January 24, 2013 meeting, the Commission voted to request review of alternatives to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan proposal, including a portfolio-based conceptual alternative. See the Commission's February 1, 2013 letter to Secretaries Ken Salazar and John Laird.


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Berkshire Jewish Film Festival 2018
Lenox Memorial Middle and High School • 197 East Street, Lenox • Directions
We are delighted to present our Thirty-Second Annual Berkshire Jewish Film Festival featuring thirteen award-winning films from around the world.
As we celebrate Israel's 70th anniversary, we are very excited to be showcasing five Israeli films: The Oslo Diaries, Shelter, Foxtrot, The Cakemaker and To Be A Child Again—Israel.
Foxtrot won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film at the National Board of Review, and nine Ophir Awards.
Levinsky Park, set in Israel, won IndieFEST's Humanitarian Award of Distinction. The film's Director, Beth Toni Kruvant, will be speaking to us on July 16. We also have Oslo Diaries' Director Mor Loushy speaking to us on July 9, and Rachel Israel, Director of Keep the Change speaking on July 30.
BJFF has grown to be a go-to film festival of national reputation, showing compelling, thought-provoking films. Welcome and enjoy our 32nd season!
To learn more about our films, visit our Berkshire Jewish Film Festival page on Facebook!
We have been selling out!
Please arrive 45 minutes early to buy your tickets. You many buy tickets for the 8 PM film when purchasing tickets for the 4 PM film.
BJFF's 2018 Summer Line-up
July 9, 4:00 p.m. – The Oslo Diaries
The Oslo Diaries is a documentary about a group of Israelis and Palestinians who secretly come together in Oslo for unsanctioned peace talks during the 1990s.
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July 9, 8:00 p.m. – A Bag of Marbles
This movie depicts the story of the Nazi occupation through the eyes of two young Jewish boys struggling to survive on their own. Joseph, age 10, has such little understanding of the persecution of the Jews that he thinks nothing of swapping his yellow star for a bag of marbles. The boys survive on courage and ingenuity as they make their way through France hoping to reunite with their families. [ view trailer ]
July 16, 4:00 p.m. – Levinsky Park
A documentary about the tens of thousands of refugees from sub-Saharan Africa who are seeking relief and safety in Israel only to find a society bitterly divided on how to treat them.
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July 16, 8:00 p.m. – Shelter
A drama about two women—a Mossad agent and a Lebanese informer—who find themselves trapped in a labyrinth of deception, paranoia, and intrigue in this Israeli espionage thriller.
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July 23, 4:00 p.m. – Sammy Davis, Jr: I've Gotta Be Me
The first major film documentary to examine Davis' vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during twentieth century America. Davis was the most public black figure to embrace Judaism thereby yoking his identity to another persecuted minority.
New interviews with Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg, and Kim Novak are featured with never-before-seen photos from his personal collection.
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July 23, 8:00 p.m. – Foxtrot
Israel's bold and highly controversial Academy Award submission for Best Foreign Language Film. This audacious and brilliantly crafted critique of Israel's military confronts the absurdity of war through the ordeal of a young Israeli soldier and his grief-stricken parents. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film at the National Board of Review, and nine Ophir Awards. [ view trailer ]
July 30, 4:00 p.m. – Keep the Change
While protagonist David struggles to come to terms with his own high-functioning autism, he unexpectedly falls for Sarah, a quirky and outgoing woman whose lust for life both irks and fascinates him. As their relationship evolves, Keep the Change blossoms into a refreshingly off-kilter story about the ups and downs of romantic life and the rewards of acceptance and mutual trust
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A documentary that follows the dazzling international career of a musical maestro. Filled with stirring performances and interviews with friends, family, and colleagues, this globe-trotting biography is a magnificent tribute to a virtuoso and a true believer in the international language of music. [ view trailer ]
August 6, 4:00 p.m. – A Classy Broad
A film portrayal of the life and career of trailblazing Hollywood executive Marcia Nasatir who broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to serve as VP of Production at a major Hollywood studio. Nasatir championed such classics as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rocky, Carrie, Coming Home, Apocalypse Now, and The Big Chill. [ view trailer ]
August 6, 8:00 p.m. – The Cakemaker
Unwittingly united in grief by a closet affair, a gay German baker and his deceased lover's weary Israeli widow seek mutual catharsis in this compassionate meditation on the human urge for connection. Mature content. [ view trailer ]
August 13, 4:00 p.m. – Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion
Hannah, a spirited seven-year-old girl from Dublin, can't wait to make her Holy Communion. The only problem is she's Jewish!
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August 13, 4:00 p.m. – To Be A Child Again, Israel
A snapshot of Israel as seen through the lens of eleven children from different backgrounds and demographics. This candid view casts an intimate and personal light on Israel's youth—what they see, how they think, what they learn—and the astonishing impact their thoughts and lives have on their country and the world they will soon inherit. [ view trailer ]
August 13, 8:00 p.m. – The Last Suit
Eighty-eight-year-old Abraham Bursztein feels that he's about to be put out to pasture by his children who have sold his house in the suburbs of Buenos Aires and booked him into a retirement home. Refusing to bow to family pressure, Abraham sets off on an adventure halfway around the world to find the man who saved him from Auschwitz and to fulfill a promise he made years before. A poignant message of the enduring importance of family, friends, and honor. [ view trailer ]


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'Diwali,' which is also referred to as Deepavali or festival of lights, is one of the most popular Hindu festival in India. The word Deepavali means a 'row or series of light'. Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs to mark historical events, stories or myths, but they all spiritually mark the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, hope over despair.
Here are the 10 important things that we should know about Diwali:
1. It is celebrated in honor of Lakshmi – the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. The festival also marks the return of the Lord Rama and Sita after completing fourteen years in exile.
2. The festival preparations and rituals typically extend over a five-day period, but the main festival night of Diwali coincides with the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika in Bikram Sambat calendar.
3. Diwali is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the Hindu month of Kartika. It also signifies the end of the harvest season and the onset of winter.
4. Diwali has a special significance in Jainism. Lord Mahavira, the last of the Jain Tirthankar of this era, attained Nirvana or Moksh on this day at Pavapuri on 15 October 527 BCE, on Chaturdashi of Kartika.
5. Diwali also plays a significant role in Sikhism. The foundation stone of the Golden Temple was laid on the day of Diwali in 1577.
6. Diwali, for Sikhs, marks the Bandi Chhor Divas, when Guru Har Gobind Ji freed himself and Hindu Kings, from Fort Gwalior, from the prison of Islamic ruler Jahangir, and arrived at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
7. In India's eastern region, such as West Bengal, Lakshmi is not worshipped, only deity Kali is worshipped and the festival is called Kali Puja. In India's Braj and north central regions, deity Krishna is recognised. People mark Mount Govardhan, and celebrate legends about Krishna.
8. It is a national holiday in India, Trinidad & Tobago, Myanmar, Nepal, Mauritius, Guyana, Singapore, Surinam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Fiji. And is an optional holiday in Pakistan.
9. Gambling which is completely ban in India is played on Diwali. As playing card games during Diwali is believed to bring good luck and prosperity in the year ahead.
10. At the international border, every year on Diwali, Indian forces approach Pakistani forces and offer traditional Indian sweets on the occasion of Diwali. But it seems like this year both the forces of India and Pakistan are busy in different kind of fireworks on the border, as heavy firing is going on from both the sides.


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Fancy words for wounds
Photo Courtesy of: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tassiesim/2954396570/
OK – if you want to know the lingo – then here it is, fancy words for wounds:
Incised Wound
This is caused by something sharp (like a knife) usually as it is a clean gut. You can get a lot of bleeding from these wounds as sharp objects can easily cut through blood vessels.
A paper cut (OUCH!) is an incised wound.
It's easy to remember if you recall from watching those episodes of Mash, ER, Casualty, Holby City and Scrubs that surgeons make incisions with their scalpel.
This is caused by ripping or tearing forces and is what happened to me when I put my hand through a table saw once (yes, it hurt and I don't recommend that you do this). Like my hand, they may not bleed as much and an incised wound – but the possibility for damage is high. There is also a high chance of infection with this wound.
To lacerate means: to tear or rip, to wound deeply or cause great pain according to the dictionary and cites "His bitter criticism lacerated my heart" as an example for all you would-be novelists out there.
A.K.A Graze. This is usually superficial (another fancy word for the novelist in you, meaning "near the surface" or "shallow") – so the top layers of your skin are scrapped off – and can be very painful due to all the nerve endings exposed. We've all had one of these.
A.K.A Bruise, but that doesn't sound good on the TV scripts, so the word Contusion is used instead. These are caused by blood leaking from ruptured capillaries beneath the skin into the tissues.
Puncture Wound
This is easy to understand – basically, it is the same as getting a puncture on your bike. Standing on a nail is a puncture wound. Or, having your brother throw a dart into your arm instead of the dart board is also a puncture wound, but let's not go there – I still have nightmares seeing that dart hanging out of my arm!
Stab Wound
This isn't good and should usually involve police and medical teams. These should be treated very seriously as they can go deep and cause all sorts of problems.
Gun Shot Wound
Er…see above, only call SWAT as well.


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"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory!"
The Seraphim , Isaiah 6:3At one time or another, we've all wondered what it would be like to be God, to have all His attributes. It's a natural fantasy for us feeble creatures. How else do you explain the success of the film Bruce Almighty? By the same token, have you ever considered what it would be like for God to be us? That's not a crazy thought, mainly because God has already done it in the person of Jesus, who was God in human form.
As incredible and amazing as this thought is (we'll talk more about it in Part 3), imagining God walking the earth in the person of Jesus doesn't quite capture what it took for God to become one of us. In his description of the incarnation (the word that describes the act of God becoming human), C. S. Lewis compares the process to something we can easily imagine—probably with disgust. Lewis writes, "If you want to get the hang of it, think how you would like to become a slug or a crab."
Slugs or crabs may not be the most disgusting creatures you could think of, but they come pretty close. Slugs in particular are slimy and creepy and just plain awful. Crabs may not look as repulsive, but they dwell on the bottom of the sea and basically eat garbage. The point of Lewis's comparison is that God becoming us was just plain awful, at least from our perspective. From God's perspective, of course, it's a very different story, because He did not become one of us against His will. Because of His amazing love for us, He willingly became a lowly human.
We need to keep something very important in mind: just because God became like us doesn't mean He is like us. We may share some of His qualities, and He may generously make them available to us, but there is one quality that makes God utterly unlike us: His holiness.
We think of the word holiness as that quality of God that makes Him better than us by degrees—as in we are imperfect and He is perfect, as if we're both on some kind of holiness scale. In truth, God is on an entirely different plane. When it comes to His holiness, He lives in another dimension.
The very definition of the word holy gives us a clue. The Hebrew word for the English word holy means "to cut or separate." More than any other, this characteristic separates us from God. God isn't just different from us in the way He is; He is also wholly different from us in the way He acts. That's why there is such a great gulf separating us from God. We are sinners, and God is holy. Holiness can never interact with anything unholy.
There's a remarkable passage in the Bible that describes the prophet Isaiah and his terrifying vision of the Most Holy God sitting upon His heavenly throne. You can read it for yourself in Isaiah 6:1–7. What you will find is an astonishing picture of a mortal who is confronted with the holiness of God. "Woe to me!" he says. "I am ruined!" The chasm between him and a holy God fills him with despair. Isaiah recognizes his vast imperfection and cries out, "I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty."
The implication of these dramatic statements should not be lost on us. Holy isn't just another attribute of God. Holy is what God is. It isn't a standard He must conform to, because He is the standard. At the same time, because God is merciful (He doesn't give us what we deserve), His holiness isn't just about Him being different from us. As Michael Horton writes, "It also includes His movement toward us."
Because God is wholly holy, He can't share His holiness with us. He is still "other" than we are. But because God became a human being in the form of Jesus, He identifies with us and calls us to separate ourselves from sin and death and be joined to Him— which we can do when we put our faith in Jesus rather than our own abilities.
The story of Isaiah's vision of the holy God continues as one of the seraphim (winged angelic beings at the scene who call out "Holy, holy, holy") flies to the prophet with a burning coal taken with tongs from the altar. The seraph touches Isaiah's unclean mouth, thereby taking away Isaiah's guilt and atoning for his sin. It is the grace of God dramatically illustrated— God giving Isaiah what he doesn't deserve.
We may not experience Isaiah's excruciating pain when he was confronted with God's holiness, but we should think about it the same way Isaiah did—and worship the Lord for the holy God He is.


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Group Health Insurance in Cape Coral, FL and Surrounding areas Throughout Florida
Benefits that Keep your Employees Happy
Flagler Insurance Agency provides group health insurance to businesses in Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Orlando, Delray Beach, Naples, Estero, and surrounding areas.
As an employer in today's business world, Flagler Insurance Agency knows how important it is to provide health insurance to the most valuable asset of your business – your employees. By providing each employee with a plan that meets his or her expectations, it can help your business lower turnover and keep a staff that's healthy and insured with peace of mind.
At Flagler Insurance Agency, we're proud to offer a variety of group health Insurance plans for small to mid-sized businesses – for quality assurance and additional benefits. Our health insurance specialists will work with you one-on-one to develop a group plan that's not only affordable, but complements your business's needs.
Which Plan is Right for your Business?
Group health insurance plans typically include either indemnity plans, such as Fee-for-Service (FFS), or managed care plans, including: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), and Point-of Service (POS).
The major difference between Indemnity and managed care plans is the types of providers, choices of doctors and physicians, out of pocket expenses, and medical bill payments.
Since group health insurance options vary from state to state in coverage options and benefits, as well as the size of your business, it's important to discuss your business's Health Insurance needs with a specialist at Flagler Insurance Agency who can help you find a solution that's ideal and feasible for you and your employees.
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Cape Coral, FL 33914
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Delray Beach, FL 33444
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Fort Myers, FL 33919
Fax: 239-672-4200
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Fort Myers, FL 33913
Orlando - Branch Manager: Raj Singh5401 S Kirkman Rd, Suite 725
Orlando, FL 32819
Fax: 407-613-2600


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There's no place like home.
There's no place like home
city glows
ever closer
thru the snows
Far horizon
thru the land
walk the couple
hand in hand
Ah, the struggle
thru the snow
walking far
they both do go
Closer, closer
in the night
storm clouds gather
on the right
Hear the wolves
they howl low
as we push
through deepening snow
Onward ever
to the light
each step we take
we know we're right
Stop the shiver
no food to eat
just keep on moving
each step repeat
I see it now!
I see the gates!
I see the watchmen!
though, t'is so late
And then a trumpet
a flare of light
they've seen us now
will all be right?
And still we struggle
in deepening snow
I see them coming
Yes, soon we'll know
And there upon a horse
so great
my father, King
with love, no hate
Extends his hand
embraces two
I feel his love
all this I knew
And together we go
on horses fair
with blankets new
to city, where
We start anew
amongst great friends
whose love for us
did never end
And there we stay
until we die
our families close
we wonder why
We managed to cross that land of snow
but came home safe
Yes, this I know
There never was a place so far
that made me feel
The way
we are
For here we are
in this place called home
we're finally safe
no need to roam
And so the story
came to pass
we both came home
At last
At last


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After a long time there is a sense of excitement, that i can make this happen, that there is an end, that there is a newness possible. that it can be me, that it can happen, that its possible. oooh thats such a delicious word 'possible' the land of possibilities.
Faraway Tree.
One of my favourite books of all time was a land of possibilities. As one climbed up the tree and went to the upper most branches where there was only lots of mist and clouds one waited to see the different lands that could come there. Some were good lands, where one could go ride on merry go rounds, eat candy that became so big in your mouth that it could make you fly and then there were miserable lands where the gobblins would eat you up and spit you out. or the land would commence tilting and throw one off their feet making you sick to the belly, wanting to puke your guts out...
the best part was the slippery slide that one took from Moon Faces room, you sat on a cushion and slid down the tree plopping out from the end of the chute to land on your ass. If you happened to forget the cushion, you ended up having a very very sore and grazed ass.
Darn I am rambling again...
But in a way am not...
The Faraway tree was a book where anything could happen, pixies could wink themselves into unicorns and little children could be talking to owls. Growing up, I wanted my fairy god mother to come and wave her wand at me, to show me the little hole where i had to burrow into and enter the magical land of talking animals.. needless to say am still waiting for the hole to emerge
Last night, as I sat on friends terrace the tingliness of a new life began creeping in as a plan, as a possibility, as a probability.. there was a head rush of excitement that has me grinning from ear to ear. please god pretty please can we have some fun in life now, please pretty please??
as i sit in office on a thursday afternoon, i am mesmerized by the land of possiblities, it feels good, its possible
high five life


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Returning this season Emilia Hwang-Kim - Vocal Director. With her natural gift of music sharing her experience and talent Emilia's passion for music began when she started piano lessons at the age of 4. Besides playing piano, she also loves to sing and dance. In high school, she learned how to play the flute and fell in love with it. She started taking flute lessons in Grade 9 and that is when she dreamed of becoming a music teacher.
Emilia continued to follow her passion and studied flute with Amy Hamilton at Wilfrid Laurier University and received her Bachelor of Music Education. A year later, she completed her teaching degree at York University. Emilia began her teaching career with the Toronto District School Board at Timberbank Junior Public School as a music specialist. During her time at Timberbank, she taught Orff, Band and Choir. She also directed a number of musicals for the school Spring Concerts. Her excellent Orff Ensembles and Choirs performed at Massey Hall, in the participation of the TDSB's Spring Festival Concert. Four years ago she became the instructional leader in the music department and currently, she is the lead teacher in the Music and the Arts for the Toronto District School Board. Emilia has been conducting the TDSB's All City String Orchestra and Choral Artistry Choir for the last three years. This is the second show for Emilia as Vocal Director with UTC. Watching the show develop and cast grow was such an incredible journey, she is extremely excited to return and work with such a creative and talented team.


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Rachel Bilson Barrels Into Barney's
Rachel Bilson goes shoe shopping at Barney's New York after having lunch at Madeo's in West Hollywood on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old actress reportedly has joined the cast of the new independent comedy, Waiting for Forever, directed by James Keach.
Jamie King, Nikki Blonsky and Scott Mechlowicz have all already signed onto the project. Shooting begins next Monday – Sept. 29th.
10+ pictures inside of Rachel Bilson barreling into Barney's…


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Together Sanja, a fellow Transartist, and I are co-curating a show titled "loose affairs" in Berlin this summer. We are just getting the submissions in and this is fabulous! Wonderful submissions and great art to be seen. Berlin will be another magnificent year and I am looking forward to seeing everyone and seeing what work may turn out from this exceptional art intensive. There is something amazing about the community in which you surround yourself in, whether it be my artistic community or literally the town I live in, it seeps into your being. Below is the symbol that I have created for my We are RED series and will be showcased starting in Berlin.
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For the final bang of my first year project I wanted to insert my paintings made from red rocks pigment into Red Rocks in Colorado. With all of the rain, its been hard to sync up mother natures schedule and mine, but today it happened! I am thrilled with how well the paintings look in the natural environment in which its materials originated. They fit into the mountain-scape wonderfully!
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Healthy Sprouts connects young children, their caregivers and families to local farms through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), field trips and outreach. CSA is a business arrangement between families and local farmers in which farmers drop off weekly vegetable subscriptions for families who subscribe during the growing season. Through our program, the vegetable shares are dropped at each family's child care center. This arrangement makes it easy for families to access fresh, local food right where they pick up their child each day. It also generates new customers for our local farmers. Child care centers also benefit because the CSAs show that they support healthy eating and local foods. Our goal has always been to benefit everyone involved: the families, child care centers and farmers. We also build these relationships through field trips to local farms and the Farmers' Market. Children and their caregivers have the opportunity to visit either a working farm or farm stand and get to know the farmer, harvest fruits or veggies to take home, go on a scavenger hunt, make crafts and/or interact with farm animals. We also use every possible opportunity to draw awareness to our local farms and the many ways families can access healthy foods from nearby. Most recently, we organized a scavenger hunt at the Downtown Farmers' Market and 13 families attended. One family had never been to the market before and was excited to learn that they could use their SNAP benefits to purchase food there. Each day we hear stories that demonstrate that these efforts are making a difference in people's lives. Join us tomorrow for more on family engagement!
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
of resting and sunning and beer
The first step was three complete days off. (Foodies, avert your eyes). I ate nothing but cupcakes and cheesy beer bread muffins and homemade pizza and drank beer and didn't count grams of protein and turned down workout dates and it was everything I had ever dreamed it would be. Until about halfway through the second day, when I started to crave vegetables. And then on the third day, where I could not force another pink-frosted cupcake down my throat and drank muscle milk by choice and was itchy and irritable and bored (and rested!) at 4pm. I managed to force myself to go out to dinner with friends and drink a beer sampler and eat (gasp!) meat, but I was ready to move again. So when Lauren suggested a ride the next morning, I was thrilled to BE thrilled to say yes. Our ride was both easy-paced and short, but my legs were pretty happy to move again. And we spent the rest of the day sunning by the pool.
In a nod to our country's birthday, I took another day off in order to spend time eating and drinking with friends (a theme is emerging). Monday morning brought a triathlete invasion of WL where I had the best (and longest) swim workout since I was in my training cycle for Kinetic. I'll go to the hill workout tonight because I'm starting to get revved up about Reston, but I don't really have anything planned for the next few days except maybe a yoga class. I feel good about it, I feel like my head is on straight and I'm not exhausted all the time and I was actually pumped to get in the pool yesterday. And all the resting I'm doing now is starting to get me psyched up for August 1.
As it has turned out, I've managed to take a week - or longer - completely off from every discipline. My first ride post-Total 200 was over a week after the ride. It was a week exactly between swim workouts, and today marks a week since I've run, and it won't happen today, and maybe not tomorrow, either. See, I started wearing the hot pink shoes last week when they showed up in the mail. I only wore them for an hour or two a day, and then I would start to feel some awareness on my shin and swap them out. On Saturday, after riding, I stopped by the gym to do a slightly longer PT session (I have no weights at my house, I KNOW). There's a small basketball court (maybe 2/3 the size of a real court) at my gym, so I decided to just do a few short strides the length of the court to see how the shoes felt. And it felt great - I felt light and fast and aware of what was going on. I spent the afternoon floating around in the pool, but then came home and had been cleaning for about two hours when I noticed my left heel was aching. I changed into my normal wear-around sneakers, but Sunday morning it was painful to get out of bed, and I have a visible bruise on the inside of my heel.
Thinking back, of course, I recall that when I was trying out shoes a few weeks ago, the Nike Frees gave me immediate feedback that I was heel-striking (pain) so I adjusted my stride, but I didn't feel that pain in the Kinvaras. At the time, I thought it was because maybe I was adjusting my stride around it, but now I think it's because there is just a tiny bit more cushioning in the heel of the Kinvaras, which masked heel-strike pain when I did a few strides but didn't prevent me from bruising. And I maybe should have chosen a softer surface (grass inside the track?) instead of the hard floor of the basketball court to try this out. I'm not actually that concerned about it - it's a bruise and will heal - although I am a bit irritated at missing my Tuesday morning glute-busting hill workout because of it, but it's all part of experimentation and I'd rather find it out now than in a peak week of half IM training.
How was your long weekend? Was it full of friends and babies and beer and puppies and burgers and bug spray like mine?
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Way to rest and have fun doing it. Nice work trying out your new shoes in moderation - hope you will find they work for you, but if not, there's time to get in another pair.ReplyDelete
I had a grand weekend running in the mountains Saturday and Monday, and being lazy as heck by the pool on Sunday. It was perfect!
That's awesome that you got the rest you needed. I'm glad you had such a fun holiday weekend!ReplyDelete
I just saw that you signed up for your next HIM! Exciting! Glad you are enjoying your rest time and not pushing it too hard.ReplyDelete
Rest and sun and beer are SO awesome. You didn't show any pictures, and of course I didn't read the actual text, but I can tell that you are super awesome and beautiful. We should be best friends forever because you are super cool and awesome.ReplyDelete
take care of that bruise. don't want to keep you resting for too long. or maybe, just maybe, you should continue the resting streak! woot!ReplyDelete
actually, i hope it does get better cause all that rest can't be good for your brain. ;)
Haha, this is great! My weekend was wonderful, and also full of food and beer and burgers and bug spray:) Congrats on the resting and eating and on being excited to work out!!:)ReplyDelete
You are doing better at this resting thing that I am. I applaud you and all of your cupcake eating/beer drinking/puppy snuggling. Somehow I did two workouts yesterday, oops...ReplyDelete
I hope the heel is feeling better soon so that you can go back to wearing the pretty pink shoes.
Hmm.. what time were you at WL - I was there 10:30-11 am yesterday -- would have been funny if we were both there but missed each other.ReplyDelete
This resting you write about, it sounds very nice.ReplyDelete
Ugh, heel bruises can be PAINFUL! Try to wear shoes around and ice, ice, ice. I've also heard, now this is crazy I know, putting Vick vapor rub on a heel bruise will help. I *might* have slept in socks a few nights trying this out once. Dunno if it really sped things up or not.
Take care of you and yeah, maybe try those hot pink babies on some grass!
No shame in resting...helps your body recover AND gives you the mojo you were looking for.ReplyDelete
Glad you got some R&R!
Hahahaahah to what Beth said. I don't know about the BFF though. You might be too awesome for me.ReplyDelete
The resting and the cupcakes, beer, and more cupcakes sounds like it was divine! Even though I am not resting and have Ironman in less than three weeks, I ate my fair share of cupcakes this weekend. I hope your heel gets better ASAP!ReplyDelete


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The Sunauli border is the most popular entry point from India to Nepal, and vice-versa, when traveling overland. However, there's nothing nice about it there. Nothing nice at all. On the Indian side, Sunauli is a dusty town in a poor and inhospitable part of Uttar Pradesh. The road through is clogged with heavily laden trucks and there are touts everywhere. It's recommended that you make the border crossing as quickly as possible.
Here are some tips for doing so.
Sunauli Border Crossing from the Indian Side
If you arrive at the Sunauli border on the Indian side, you'll have most likely come by bus from Varanasi or Gorakhpur (the closest train station, 3 hours away). The buses drop passengers in a parking lot a few hundred meters from the border. You can walk, but if you don't want to, negotiate a cycle rickshaw to take you across. Ignore anyone trying to sell bus tickets, it's much better to get them on the Nepal side.
First stop is the Indian immigration office, on your right hand side before the border, to get a departure stamp in your passport. Second stop is the Nepali immigration office, again on your right hand side, a short distance after the border. Nepali visas on arrival are issued there. Lastly, you'll want to organize onwards travel. Pokhara and Kathmandu are roughly the same distance away, around 8 hours or more.
There are a few options for getting there: shared jeep or minivan, or bus. There's a bus station at Bhairawa, around 4 kilometers away from the border (take a cycle rickshaw). However, plenty of travel agents will approach you with offers of transport before that.
Day buses from Sunauli leave in the morning, up until 11 a.m., so aim to get there early.
Night buses, departing in the afternoon, take longer and arrive at their destination the next morning. You'll also miss out on stunning views!
Sunauli Border Crossing from the Nepali Side
Most people arrive at the Nepali side of the border in the afternoon, having taken an early morning bus from Kathmandu. After clearing immigration, continue for around 5 minutes, and you'll find a government bus stand on your right (look for buses with a blue stripe). Get on, and pay when you're aboard. Buses to Gorakhpur will depart according to timetable, around every half hour. Although less than comfortable, you don't have to worry about being ripped off by private bus operators. Shared jeeps also run to Gorakhpur, but don't leave until full...very full. Often a dozen people will be rounded up and crammed in! The bus, although decrepit, is usually a better (and cheaper) option.
Additional Tips and Travel Warnings
- The border is open 24 hours (but closes to vehicles at 10 p.m.). However, it's best not to arrive there late at night. It can be dangerous, particularly on the Indian side. There are often reports of tourists being forced, and threatened with beatings, to buy overpriced onwards bus tickets and train tickets that they don't need. In many cases, the train tickets are fake. Ignore anyone that approaches you.
- When going from India to Nepal, carry $US with you to pay for your visa. Some people have reported paying in Indian rupees and also paying in Nepali rupees, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Have a look at the Nepali Immigration website for the current Nepali visa application fees and the Nepali visa application form. Currency exchange facilities are available a little ahead of the Nepali immigration office, but watch out for scams involving fake money and black market operators giving poor rates. Indian rupees of denominations less than 500 can be widely used and exchanged in Nepal, particularly in Kathmandu and Pokara (500 and 2,000 Indian rupee notes are banned however, due to counterfeiting). Make sure you carry a couple of passport sized photos for your visa application as well.
- If you're an Indian citizen, you don't need a visa or a passport to cross the border. Acceptable documents include ration card, voters ID, and driver's license with photo. However, you can cross the border anyway, no one will stop you. The same is the case for foreigners, so do keep an eye out for the immigration offices in order not to miss them!
- Citizens of the following countries aren't granted visas on arrival for Nepal: Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Cameroon, Somalia, Liberia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Palestine, and Afghanistan.


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Greetings, fellow Netizen, and welcome to my online presence. My name is Mark McGuire (you can find more information about me on the About page). I thought it was about time that I joined the public conversation that is taking place online through blogs and other forms of networked communication. I was recently asked to give a talk about Open Educational Resources at a Distance Teaching Symposium here at the University of Otago. As part of my research for the presentation I discovered (or, in some cases, rediscovered) a number of people and projects that relate to the idea of Open Education. I found that, during Open Access Week in October 2009, Terry Anderson gave a presentation titled "The Open Scholar", in which he referred to a blog post by Gideon Burton, which was also quoted by Stephen Downes on his website. Clearly, good ideas get around, especially when they are offered freely and without restrictive licenses. It is in this spirit of openness that I begin this project.


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He is at it again. Max Lucado has written another book that will probably sell millions of copies. Out Live Your Life is a book that targets the complacency of those who call themselves Christian to make a difference in the world, and to leave a legacy behind. It is accurately subtitled You Were Made To Make A Difference because by looking at selective accounts of the early church in the book of Acts, Max tries to convince you that you can make a difference in this world. God used the ordinary people back then and He still does today.
Max is a really good writer. He is clever, holds your attention, paints pictures with words, and at times makes you think. But here's the issue with his writing style. From the first book I read of his until today, Max tends to take extreme liberty with the storytelling of the biblical text. At times, I wondered whether he was relaying the biblical account or historical fiction. I realize this may help people see in their minds eye the biblical story, but it could be dangerous as people read details into the biblical account that are not there.
My biggest concern for this book was a lack of gospel message. It is a book about taking care of the homeless, feeding the hungry, helping the poor, and getting out of our comfortable life to live for something greater. While there was one chapter on Jesus and the gospel, it seemed as though it was a part of the process of fixing the world of its ailments, not the core of the process. In a lot of ways, this book felt like a watered down version of Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper. I pray the book does wake people up to care for the hurting and needy, but not at the expense of the gospel.
One part of the book that really bothered me was when he described the events of Ananias and Sappphira. When they gave their money to the church, they did so as an act of self-promotion. In his advice for taking hypocrisy seriously, he says to "give financial gifts in secret" (93). I completely agree with that, which is why I was confused when I read the back cover of the book which said: "One hundred percent of the author's royalties from Outlive Your Life products will benefit children and families through World Vision and other ministries of faith-based compassion." I am glad that Max is putting his money where his mouth is in this book, but to promote that feels like a plea to sell books.
There were other things that I struggled with this book. For instance, he quotes from nine different Bible translations. He says Jesus saw something in Peter, John, and others that was worth developing and saving (not sure that sounds like the gospel message I believe). And he continually refers to all people as "God's children." Is it worth a read? Maybe, but if you do, read with a discerning eye. Take the good, leave the bad.
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Descent (The Path) by Deborah Austin
Loki's path to madness is paved with love and loss..
As it is in every realm, so it is in Asgard. Life is altered in the drawing of a breath, the speaking of a word. When Loki, second in line to the throne of Asgard, bests his brother, the Crown Prince Thor, in a sparring match, he is unaware that the events to follow will truly change the course of his own destiny. Thor has wagered and lost his new servant, a girl named Eidra who comes to serve the sullen dark prince. Angry at her incompetence, believing Thor has deliberately thrown the match to rid himself of the girl, he lashes out at her, treating her with brutal cruelty, indifference. Eidra struggles to survive with the help of the staff cook Helgi and Loki's young houseboy, Silas, enduring Loki's treatment until one evening, she can no longer bear it and confronts him. His retaliation is swift, painful, but something has changed within him as the brave young woman resists, refusing to back down before the enraged prince.
An uneasy truce is reached between Loki and Eidra, turning into a cautious friendship as they start to spend more time together. The line between servant and master becomes blurred, finally disappearing altogether when Loki admits Eidra has become vital to him. Their friendship blossoms into love despite the danger of palace intrigues and idle gossip. However, they have fallen under close scrutiny by Crown Prince Thor who poses the biggest threat of all and Loki is forced to face the possibility that love may not be enough to escape the hand of fate.


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Role of the Emcee (the host) in a birthday party
MC is the abbreviation for Master of Ceremonies, the one who hosts the live shows like birthday party, wedding reception, team outing, product launches, promotional activities, etc. Later MC has become Emcee.
Emcee takes care of the complete flow of the event from start to end. In a birthday party Emcee takes the stage, welcomes the guest, introduce the family members and the birthday baby and then conduct games to entertain the guests. Also if other performances like dance, mimicry, etc are planned, Emcee makes sure everything goes in order and he/she takes care of the complete flow. During cake cutting, Emcee makes sure that all the important family members are on stage (like grand parents, close relatives like aunties and uncles etc). Emcee also helps the guests in getting directions for the rest room and dining hall.
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